On 8 May 2012, at 09:44, Phil Pennock wrote: > > On 2012-05-07 at 13:25 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote: >> I have a feeling or worry that since Philip Hazel has retired, Exim may >> see much less development and go into a kind of "maintenance mode". I >> think it's in danger of falling by the wayside if that happens. > > Philip Hazel retired a few years ago. Take a look at the git server > (git.exim.org) and see the commit history.
Also, look at the deployment stats that are available: http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.201104/mxsurvey.html This survey is a year old, but suggests that Exim usage on public facing mail servers has steadily climbed to 45% of domains surveyed that reported software versions in their greeting. Half didn't report, so that figure might be as low as 20%, or even as high as 70%. The graph shows what looks like a linear migration from Sendmail to Exim, but also steady growth for postfix, and an accelerating decline for Microsoft since mid 2007. The latter trend may be due to a tendency to hide Exchange servers behind a gateway with perceived security benefits. I don't know if there's anyone on the list who pays the $500 annual Security Space subscription. If there is, they might be able to tell us whether these trends have continued in the past year. -- Ian Eiloart Postmaster, University of Sussex +44 (0) 1273 87-3148 -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
